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SpaceX and other space stuff
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Indeed.I have such a crush on Jessie Anderson. Girl geeks rule!
Yeah except it's bull crap.
"There is also the possibility of a 500-ton structure falling on India and China. Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Russia, therefore all the risks are yours. Are you ready for them?"
Whoever wrote the text is not familiar at all with the ISS or cosmic debris. If it's really the director of the center, then the guy operates on the accounting rather than technical part.
Realigning the station is quite easy. It can be done by whichever party, although the control panel is inside a Russian made module.
If the station was to fall onto Earth it would be a catastrophic waste but no damage or risk to expect. It's impossible to precisely control the fall of such a vessel, meant only to operate in space. There is no atmospheric control. You can decide were it falls in a 500km range, that's about it. Most parts would disintegrate. It would make for a cool meteor shower but that's about it. At worst a big part could shatter a couple buildings, nothing more.
The most catastrophic scenario would be way less lethal and damaging than one days of russian bombing. It however would be an act of stupidity of major proportions.
"There is also the possibility of a 500-ton structure falling on India and China. Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Russia, therefore all the risks are yours. Are you ready for them?"
Whoever wrote the text is not familiar at all with the ISS or cosmic debris. If it's really the director of the center, then the guy operates on the accounting rather than technical part.
Realigning the station is quite easy. It can be done by whichever party, although the control panel is inside a Russian made module.
If the station was to fall onto Earth it would be a catastrophic waste but no damage or risk to expect. It's impossible to precisely control the fall of such a vessel, meant only to operate in space. There is no atmospheric control. You can decide were it falls in a 500km range, that's about it. Most parts would disintegrate. It would make for a cool meteor shower but that's about it. At worst a big part could shatter a couple buildings, nothing more.
The most catastrophic scenario would be way less lethal and damaging than one days of russian bombing. It however would be an act of stupidity of major proportions.
Understood. And I wasn't expecting any. It's a potentially dangerous situation.
The Americans control power to the Russian part, the Russian part has the thrusters. Either country could wreak havoc on the station itself but, as mentioned, anything that didn't burn up in re-entry is statistically unlikely to injure anyone on earth. It's just sword rattling, but a bit over the top to even threaten stuff like that.
Elon had a one word response: "Spacex".
Edit: I actually stand corrected, it was a 0 word response, just the logo graphic:
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It wouldn't surprise me if, given enough time, SpaceX could concoct a booster for the ISS to keep it in orbit. What I don't know is how hard it is to control the ISS's maneuver capability. It needs to change altitude and trajectory to some extent to avoid space junk.
I imagine about 3 Dragon capsules attached in the right spots could do the job. More than enough thrust, just need to refuel occasionally.
And how about some news to make you feel small. Alot more stuff in the universe recently revealed.
Short version: "Durham University astronomer collaborating with a team of international scientists have mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a pan-European radio telescope. ...This data release, which is by far the largest from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey, presents about a million objects that have never been seen before with any telescope and almost four million objects that are new discoveries at radio wavelengths."
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Short version: "Durham University astronomer collaborating with a team of international scientists have mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a pan-European radio telescope. ...This data release, which is by far the largest from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey, presents about a million objects that have never been seen before with any telescope and almost four million objects that are new discoveries at radio wavelengths."
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NASA has a tool to spot the ISS from thousands of locations on Earth. So while it's still in orbit, here's a way to view it.
International Space Station
International Space Station
NASA Atlas V with a GOES-T satellite launch is set for a two-hour window that opens at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday.
ULA Atlas V rocket rolls to pad, making way for launch from Cape Canaveral
ULA Atlas V rocket rolls to pad, making way for launch from Cape Canaveral
For todays launch…set your reminder.
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Wait. What? You say tomorrow, but the video timer says the cast will go live in less than an hour?
